English
Etymology
Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-West Germanic *mann English guardsman
From guard + -s- + -man.
Pronunciation
Noun
guardsman (plural guardsmen)
- A person, especially a soldier, who is on guard; especially, a masculine one.
- Synonym: watchman
- Near-synonyms: guard, watcher; guardswoman, watchwoman
- A member of the Guards or of the Guard (in any sense thereof); especially, a masculine one.
- (US) A member of the National Guard; especially, a masculine one.
- Near-synonym: guardswoman
- (British) A member of a Guards regiment; especially, a masculine one.
- Near-synonym: guardswoman
Translations
a soldier on guard
- Arabic: حَارِس m (ḥāris)
- Belarusian: вартавы́ m (vartavý), вартаўні́к m (vartawník), ахо́ўнік m (axównik), карау́льны m (karaúlʹny), страж m (straž), стра́жнік m (strážnik)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 衛兵 / 卫兵 (zh) (wèibīng)
- Finnish: kaartilainen
- German: Wärter (de) m, Gardist (de) m
- Hindi: सन्तरी (hi) m (santarī)
- Ingrian: vahti, storoža
- Japanese: 衛兵 (ja) (えいへい, eihei)
- Kazakh: сақшы (saqşy)
- Korean: 위병(衛兵) (ko) (wibyeong)
- Macedonian: стра́жар (mk) m (strážar), обезбе́дувач m (obezbéduvač)
- Persian:
- Iranian Persian: نِگَهْبان (fa) (negahbân), پاسْدار (fa) (pâsdâr)
- Polish: gwardzista (pl) m, strażnik (pl) m
- Russian: часово́й (ru) m (časovój), карау́льный (ru) m (karaúlʹnyj), охра́нник (ru) m (oxránnik), страж (ru) m (straž), стра́жник (ru) m (strážnik)
- Ukrainian: вартови́й (uk) m (vartovýj), карау́льний m (karaúlʹnyj), охоро́нець m (oxorónecʹ), страж m (straž), стра́жник m (strážnyk)
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a member of the National Guard
a member of a Guards regiment
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